Hi Peter
If you can afford to take that many slides to a professional lab it
will be by far the easiest option and of course you'll get great
results. However, the costs are quite high, and may be prohibitive
for such a large number of slides. Other options include a slide
scanning attachment for a flatbed scanner or a dedicated slide
scanner (most of them will also do 35mm film).
I've used a Nikon Coolscan V (around $1200) - fortunately my school
has one that I can take home occasionally. They produce outstanding
quality but you have to be prepared to spend a bit of time getting
the settings right for your images and for the output you want. If
you are after high resolution digitals then make sure you have plenty
of storage - at maximum resolution of 4000 pixels per inch I was
generating TIFF images at around 66Mb!
The main problem with this type of scanner is that you have to do
each slide separately - again, the higher resolution scans take
longer, and I'm not sure how many months you are planning to work on
this fulltime!
I can't remember how long it took to scan at about 300dpi, but I
don't think you would be able to "rush" them through at more than
about 50 an hour, if that.
I haven't tried flatbed scanners for slides, but I guess you could
scan several slides at once, and if so, get the job done in fewer
years than with a dedicated slide scanner ...
Russell
Russell Woodford
Birding-Aus List Owner
Geelong Victoria Australia
http://www.birding-aus.org
On 27/11/2007, at 10:56 AM, Peteriw wrote:
Hi all
Slightly off-topic (but not entirely, as most of my slides are of
birds) - I have close to 10,000 slides and was thinking of
converting them to digital images. I've started investigating slide
scanners but the thought of the amount of work involved is slightly
offputting.
Is there anyone who has used and is prepared to comment on a
commercial slide scanning service? A simple google lists many
australian-based services with vastly varying prices.
Alternatively, is there anyone who has recently purchased a good
quality slide scanner and can provide feedback?
Thanks in advance,
cheers
Peter Waanders
Waikerie, SA
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